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Zela’s outfit as of Oct 30, ‘09
So, tunic same as last year (I didn’t get a chance to fit it like I was planning), same cloak, same belt… Gauntlets have been shrunk and are now much easier to use. Boots the same, black shirt/leggings the same… I added three things to the belt, though. Two pouches and a waterbottle holder. One of the pouches is my camera pouch, though, so that’s not permanent. : ) Also there’s that sword I made yesterday, and I jury-rigged the sword belt but it will be better next year, I hope. And… contacts! And hair that cooperates, sort of! And pointy ears!
Do I look like Zela yet?
Such a good concert last night, with the orchestra, and the costumes, and the Janos, and the Kira, and the other great people/things. First off, I met someone who (obviously) reads Girl Genius. They had the goggles! We complimented each other on our costumes. That was fantastic. Then I saw HAL9000 - I mean, Kira. The first half of the concert was amazing. They played Night on Bald Mountain (go brass - and percussion - and strings - and woodwinds - and harp - but mostly brass and percussion because that’s the bit in my head right now) and the brass really gave it the second time around. Then they played Dvorak’s The Noon Witch, which was very dramatic. A little hard to follow, but that’s all right. Then they played the first of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltzes and it was waltzy.
Then came intermission, and I talked to Kira and KevT and .t some more. I will see Kira on Sunday! Then the second half of the concert was a symphony thingy by Hindemith about a painter named Mathias. I’m afraid I rather zoned out after the first five minutes. Hey, it was a long day! Anyway, the first part was about angels so it was lovely. I loved the costumes. Lower brass was pirates, middle brass was witches, and upper brass was zombies. Double basses were Norse, and violas were Zorro. Two of my friends were Pinky and the Brain (woot woot you go guys) and one was Mussorgsky. There was also a surgeon, a mummy who changed into a knight, a Smurf, few random zombies, a woman with a mustache, some cats, Andy Warhol, a clown, a mime, the Empire State Building with King Kong - wait, that last was E in the audience. Never mind.
I thought a lot about Flairé during this concert, and him fighting with Sicasa, and maybe Gyoriing should get killed off at some point. I am not sure at all about this yet. I have a lot of main characters dying already. Do I need another one to? I also thought about a Ceniro costume. Maybe next year I’ll be Ceniro? (he’s so adorable, just like Kira says I am)
I need to find my needle I was sewing with the day before yesterday. I was so happy to be done the buttonhole I don’t know what I did with it. Pickles.
Flairé: Words of wisdom for today: The world is beautiful both in macro and micro. But while you can’t enjoy every single leaf and blade of grass, you should still get out and enjoy a few dozen every day. Try it! It’s like meditating, but more interesting. And you can’t climb a mountain everyday, but you should look at one and imagine what it would be like at the top.
Flairé: Also, Why Is Music Important? asks a poster in her music building. I say, because music is, among other things, pure condensed joy. (wanders away playing flute and singing)
NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow!??!?! Ohmigosh, I’m joining this year! But I almost missed it! Can I write the first book or two of Zela’s story in time for Nov 30? It will probably come out horribly, but as NNWM says, the point is not to write a masterpiece but to get words on a page. So that is what I will do. And hopefully some stuff I can keep, scenes, dialogue, plot twists, and at least something of the themes will come out. And writing is something that interests me, although I’m still horrible at it and I can tell - though I still don’t know how to fix it. And yes, I will put it up here when I’m done. Meh. But first I will put up the rest of Ceniro’s story. At least the part I have written. I will do Eliwood/Hector’s chapters some other time.
I have a brief outline of the first book of Zela’s story. 14 chapters of ten pages each will do it.
Wish me luck?
